Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour vs Wonders of the Sea

Wonders of the Sea has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour). Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour is the shorter watch at 55m compared with 1h 4m. Wonders of the Sea is the older of the two (1922 against 2010). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour posterAi Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour2010 VS Wonders of the Sea posterWonders of the Sea1922
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or FavourWonders of the Sea
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 10.0/10
Year20101922
Length55m1h 4m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–United States of America
DirectorMatthew SpringfordJ. Ernest Williamson
Main castAi WeiweiJ. Ernest Williamson

Synopsis

Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour

Arts documentary, first broadcast before Ai Weiwei's arrest by the Chinese authorities in April 2011, and his subsequent release after being detained for 11 weeks. Architect, photographer, curator and blogger, Ai Weiwei is China's most famous and politically outspoken contemporary artist. Alan Yentob explores the story of Ai Weiwei's life and art, and reveals how this most courageous and determined of artists continues to fight for artistic…

Wonders of the Sea

The ocean depths are explored with the aid of a submarine chamber of Williamson's invention and a few hardy souls. The construction of the device is examined; but most of the footage is given to plant and animal life, a girl swimming among the coral growths, and two divers who encounter a moray and an octopus.

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